Indian National Movement Short Notes useful for all Competitive Exams–

1. Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857 belonged to – District Arah of Bihar
2. Who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 ? – Jyotiba Phule
3. United India House organised Unity among Indians in the United States of
America in – the year 1910
4. Who established East India Association in
London 1866 ? – Dadabhai Naoroji
5. 'Quit India Movement' started at – Bombay, on
August 8, 1942
6. Who said, "The long right is going to end now.
No power in the world can now push it back because the most powerful Goddess has
arisen" ? – Swami Vivekanand
7. The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred
on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in
Punjab in 1919 was – Rabindra Nath Tagore
8. In 1866, Dadabhai Naoroji established – East India Association in
London
9. Who in the year 1907 unfurled the first
national flag at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart (Germany)?
– Madame Bhikaji Cama
10. In 1893 Mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with the trial of
a merchant – Abdulla Seth
11. Who was impeached in England for acts committed
as Governor-General of India ? – Warren Hastings
12. Who became the Lieutenant of Governor of Bengal
in 1903 ? – Andrew Frazer
13. During the Indian Freedom Struggle who proposed that
the Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign
control ? – Molana Hasrat Mohani
14. Lord Lytton held Delhi Durbar in – The year 1877
15. In 1906, to protest discrimination against Indians in S. Africa Mahatma
Gandhi started – Satyagraha at Johannesburg
16. Which foreigner arrived in India on November
16, 1893 ? – Annie Besant
17. Who was the first Indian to become a Member of
the British Parliament? – Dadabhai Naoroji
18. The British Officers which the two Chapekar brothers killed were – Rand and Lt. Ayrst
19. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms formed the basis of –
The Government of India Act 1919
20. The first session of the Congress was held on December 28, 1885 in –
The building of Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College (Bombay)
21. Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the President
of the Indian National Congress – in 1939 at its Tripuri Session
22. Who said-"Our Life and religion are useless
without the attainment of Swaraj" ? – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
23. The first session of the Indian National
Congress was held under the Presidentship of – W. C. Banerji
24. Ganesh Savarkar and Anant Kanhare were associated with – Nasik Conspiracy
25. The Hunter Commission was appointed after – The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
26. 'New Lamp for Old' was a series of articles published in 1893 by –
Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
27. Bal Gangadhar Tilak began his drive for new awakening among the Indians by
publishing two newspapers in 1881 i.e. – The
Maratha (English) and Kesari (Marathi)
28. The newspapers 'The Punjabi and The Pupil' were published by – Lala Lajpat Rai
29. Who founded the Servants of India Society ? – Gopal Krishna Gokhle
30. Barindra Kumar Ghose and Bhupendranath Dutta
started the Paper – Yugantar in 1906